Hadith 490
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5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from Bashir ibn Yasar from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following
“When you intend to perform anything good, then do not delay. A man may fast on a hot day and hope thereby to receive what is with Allah, and Allah then sets him free from fire. Do not underestimate the good deeds with which one may seek nearness to Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, even if it is a piece of a date.”
5ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
إِذَا أَرَدْتَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلا تُؤَخِّرْهُ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَصُومُ الْيَوْمَ الْحَارَّ يُرِيدُ مَا عِنْدَ الله فَيُعْتِقُهُ الله بِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَلا تَسْتَقِلَّ مَا يُتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَوْ شِقَّ تَمْرَةٍ.
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #488 “My father (a.s.) would say, ‘When you intend to perform a good deed, do not delay; you may not know what happens next.’”